How did you fare? I counted
26 or more that were “hits” in my life prior to being diagnosed with cancer.

I now have attempted to
eliminate as many “hits” as possible doing many of the options discussed
throughout the treating cancer alternative site.

The innocent public has been
the loser, as industrialists and other environmental polluters have found new
ways to;

suppress people’s immunity,

inhibit their enzymes,

and kill them withy myriad cancer-causing
agents.

At last count over 52,000 unnatural
substances, chemicals, and other pollution have been introduced. That number is
increasing at an alarming rate.

Today, a minimum of 49 stressors exist, which
contribute to acute or chronic physical, mental, and emotional deterioration of
the body potentially causing cancer and other debilitating diseases.

While the potential of 49 or more cancer
factors - causing precursors exist, if an individual avoids being “hit” by most
of them it’s possible that symptomatic cancer won’t develop in his or her
lifetime.

However, since one out of three – approaching
one out of two --- North Americans or Europeans do currently come down with
cancer, the odds are high that cancer malignancy in some form will strike you or
a loved one.

According to the “multiple-hit theory”, all
cancers arise from at least two changes or “hits” to cellular genes. These
double hits build up and interact over time.

Eventually, a breaking point is reached (the
proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back) and cancerous growth is switched
on. The hits will likely come from one of the following carcinogens listed.

The above list is taken from the medical,
scientific, and environmental literature as well as from our everyday
experiences.

For more information see An
Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer, by Diamond, W.J. and
Cowden, W. Lee.

Most critical are the number and types of
carcinogenic hits, their frequency, and their intensity.

Some of the carcinogen hits are
cancer “initiators” while others are cancer “promoters.”

In the first step toward cancer development,
initiation, the procarcinogenic hit may produce large numbers of
toxic agents. These toxic agents are known as
free radicals, which set up a pathological process that damages the cell’s
DNA.

Then the
liver sets up an enzymatic action known as Phase One. This reaction causes
the procarcinogenic to convert into a full-fledged carcinogen.

Additionally, the liver produces Phase Two
enzymes to cart off the dangerous residue that Phase One enzymes leave behind.
The liverplays a vital role in the
process of cancer formation, simultaneously initiating carcinogenesis and
neutralizing it.

In the second step toward cancer formation,
promotion, the liver’s neutralization may not be up to par and a damaged cell
alters its pattern of mitosis (normal cell division).

The damaged cell begins to divide
voluminously. That is when the
immune system goes to work, recognizing these cells as foreign and
destroying them. If the immune system fails, the damage cell can spawn a
timorous lesion.

In the third step toward a full-blown cancer,
progression, the tumor attempts to build itself a blood supply for sustained
nourishment. Then timorous invasion of surrounding tissues may take place.

Clusters of cancer cells tend to release
certain essential growth factors that promote the development of new blood
vessels, or angiogenesis.